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This week I got to travel, engage with and be inspired by several servant leaders from the City of Waxahachie where their organizational values make up the word HEARTS (Honesty Excellence Accountability Respect Teamwork Service) as well as other servant leaders from surrounding cities. We discussed several topics including Performance Management and Disciplinary Actions, Harrassment Prevention, Recruitment and Onboarding and Civility (Respect) in the Workplace. What I dig about each of these topics is that there is a tremendous opportunity for us to see that at the heart of our organizations are (believe it or not) people who want to and are making a difference. I shared that I believe jobs/positions (while stragically and intentionally created) are inert/dead…until a PERSON occupies it and breathes LIFE into it. The position descriptions (just like our organizational values/mission statement) are just words until we bring them to life by seeing and understanding the impact that the position makes both on the organization and those we serve. As Simon Sinek shares “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” Wow!! What an opportunity we GET to have making a daily difference LIVING out/SEEing self in our organization’s mission, vision, and values. I dig what I get to do! #servebeyondself #bringjobstolife Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool